Caped wonders with super powers have been created throughout history during times when people were in dire need of "heroes". They could fly or do a Houdini from the arch-rival's snare. But, these heroes stay on the comic book (or the silver screen). Hence, we in the real world face challenges ourselves--sans super powers. Whether it's families breaking apart or declining literacy in the country, it is we who answer the call from where we are, with what we have.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Before September ends...

... here are some news and features from around the planet. They either delve on happenings in September or were penned this month though tackling incidents from previous months. Lots to digest, lots to be aware about, lots to be thankful for, lots to spur us on to concrete action.

A hunting ban saps a village's livelihoodSANKUYO, Botswana — Lions have been coming out of the surrounding bush,
prowling around homes and a small health clinic, to snatch goats and
donkeys from the heart of this village on the edge of one of Africa’s
great inland deltas. Elephants, too, are becoming frequent, unwelcome
visitors, gobbling up the beans, maize and watermelons that took farmers
months to grow.

Vatican City, Sep 18, 2015 / 11:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).-
A
family of four has been welcomed by the community of the Vatican's St.
Anne parish after Pope Francis' made an appeal earlier this month for
every church in Europe open their doors to refugees.

CANBERRA (AFP) - New Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull defended
his major shake-up of the Cabinet on Monday (Sept 21) and said he
wished the percentage of women in Parliament were higher so he could
have appointed more to key roles.

(Vatican
Radio) Conversion of hearts and minds to Christ: this was the central
theme of Pope Francis’s homily at Mass in the Cuban city of Holguin on
Monday, the day the Church marks the feast of St Matthew.

This week, the state of Louisiana sent a letter
to Planned Parenthood, detailing reasons for the state’s termination of
Medicaid funding to the abortion giant. The letter lists numerous
scandals involving Planned Parenthood (including those uncovered by the
Center for Medical Progress videos), citing Planned Parenthood’s illegal
actions and dishonesty as reasons for the termination.

KATHMANDU • Nepal adopted a new Constitution yesterday aimed at
bolstering its transformation into a peaceful democracy after decades of
autocratic rule and a long civil war, even as protests raged over its
terms.

Photo of Africa images from The New York Times / Photo of Pope Francis from Agence France Press